12.04 [Print Screen] key not prompting for file location anymore

Marius Gedminas marius at pov.lt
Tue Jun 19 19:31:22 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:46:23AM -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 06/19/2012 10:27 AM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:17:23AM -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> >>	Upgraded to 12.04 the other day. Now when I hit the [Print Screen]
> >>key, it takes the screenshot; but instead of prompting for where to
> >>put the picture, it just defaults to the Pictures folder.
> >>	Searching around the interweb turns up nothing. Any pointers?
> >
> >Seems to be a new GNOME 3.4 feature.  I've found the gsettings key to change
> >the location, but I haven't found a way to have it pop up a save as
> >dialog.
> >
> >(The key is org.gnome.gnome-screenshot.auto-save-directory BTW.)
> >
> >Marius Gedminas
> >
> 
> Hmmm, mine seems to be already empty:
> 
> ~$ sudo gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory
> ''

AFAIU blank means 'use the Pictures folder' (which can be translated
into your native language etc.).

Marius Gedminas
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